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AN1836 p.122.1

Object types: axe

Description: Axe

Materials: copper alloy

Dimensions: 22.2 cm x 12.8 cm [height x width]

Date: Bronze Age (Britain) (c. 2500 - c. 800 cal. BC)

Associated Places: Ilam, Staffordshire, England (find spot)

Acquisition: Dr. Robert Plot.

Current Location: on display in Gallery 8 (Ark to Ashmolean) ,Lower ground floor

Reference: 

Plot, Robert, The Natural History of Staffordshire, Manchester: E. J. Morten 1973